Also, my mouse cursor is a bit of a mash-up of pixels. Not sure if that's intended, meant to look like a fingerprint, or is a buggette.

Mouse cursor is a know issue with the display drivers (so is the missing wallpaper). You can tick/untick Settings -> Accessibility -> Large mouse cursor and it will work until next reboot. More permanent solution is to modify display density (ro.sf.lcd_density is /system/build.prop) or change Settings -> Display -> Display size.

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I can't seem to scroll pages in the Browser but it did allow me to download and install APK files from my PC's HTTP Server which side-steps more involved side-loading mechanisms.

The only major issue I have - had, see below - encountered is it won't run APK's created by MIT App Inventor 2 properly. Those appear as 'black on black' so basically 'nothing there', though the mouse cursor does turn to the usual 'bar' when over text fields. Bringing up the App's menu displays that but in a box which looks like a TV with line scan rates gone to pot and is completely unreadable.

Given everything else they do is working, reading files from servers when they start etc, I guess it's just a display or rendering issue. Not sure where bugs or issue like this should be reported.

Update: AI2 issue solved: There now seems to be two different classes of APK which AI2 can create from the Build menu; "App ( save .apk to my computer )" and "App for Google Play ( save .apk to my computer )".

The first targets an older API level so allows running on older phones, but doesn't work with Android 7. The second targets a later API which allows running on Android 7 but not older phones.

I have to recompile my Apps to check they work but it looks promising. A simple test program worked as expected.

What do you mean exactly? Privacy guard works as expected for me at least.

everytime i open an app i previously used i have to allow privacy guard permissions i click remember my decision and it doesn't i have to keep allowing it permission i want it to perform like superuser where its always allowed

What do you mean exactly? Privacy guard works as expected for me at least.

everytime i open an app i previously used i have to allow privacy guard permissions i click remember my decision and it doesn't i have to keep allowing it permission i want it to perform like superuser where its always allowed

Sorry, still can't quite understand what you mean. I wonder if we're even talking about the same thing. Please provide exact steps how to reproduce the issue.

Privacy guard is not enabled by default. If you're running an app you've enabled privacy guard, you should see a notification (also if enabled from privacy guard settings) that app will not be able to access personal data.

I've been told this boots on Pi 2 (I assume people are talking about the BCM2837 one but I'm not exactly sure because I don't have any Pi 2). There's no wifi/bluetooth obviously and there's no support for external wifi/bt dongles either.

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This build is only meant for Raspberry Pi 3 Model B like it says in the first sentence of the page. If it boots on other devices, that's great but it's also entirely on your own responsibility. Like already said, there's obvious drawbacks (no wifi/bt) if you run this on Pi 2.

This build is only meant for Raspberry Pi 3 Model B like it says in the first sentence of the page. If it boots on other devices, that's great but it's also entirely on your own responsibility. Like already said, there's obvious drawbacks (no wifi/bt) if you run this on Pi 2.

What do you mean exactly? Privacy guard works as expected for me at least.

everytime i open an app i previously used i have to allow privacy guard permissions i click remember my decision and it doesn't i have to keep allowing it permission i want it to perform like superuser where its always allowed

You need to power down/reboot your device through the power menu (F5 on keyboard is the power button) for the privacy guard settings to be stored. Pulling the power cable or using 'reboot -p'/'reboot' in terminal or third party reboot applications won't do.